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Quantum Mechanics (The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume I): Richard P. Feynman

Presents Richard P. Feynman's Lectures on Physics, known worldwide as the classic resource for students and professionals alike, ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, and quantum mechanics. Volume 1. Audiocassette.

Summary: AUDIO LECTURES OF Q.M. - NOT A REVIEW OF THE PRINTED BOOK!

Rating: 4

This is a review of the AUDIO BOOK ON TAPE - despite Amazon's placement of this review on the printed book web-page.

Here's what you get: Six hours of Feynman lecturing (in his characteristic idiosyncratic demeanor) to freshman and sophomore undergraduate students at Caltech during the first few years of 1960. I was born about 30 miles away from the CALTECH campus in the same year he was giving some of these lectures.

It is decidedly pleasant to listen to the obvious delight this brilliant man has for teaching. For example, his voice rises and falls in tempo, volume and pitch whenever gets enthusiastic about the wonderful knowledge he knows he is passing on to you, the student. Once in a while he chuckles at his own occasional mistakes and inside jokes. Sometimes he takes great pains to apologize for the incomprehensibility of historically "Old School" conventions in scientific notation and units. This will lead you to believe in his sincere sympathy for being on the receiving side of this detailed, if not convoluted, sea of information. Once in a while he will make an admission that he doesn't know it all - a humble trait I find charming. Nonetheless, his enthusiasm is contagious and you will feel blessed to have heard his original approach to such literally wonderful subjects.

Back to what it is that you get in these recorded audio lectures. The audio volume contains six cassettes, each of which is one classroom hour long. There is absolutely no audio editing of the background noise however the publisher announces the date, lecture title, and where each chapter subsection begins. It is interesting to hear the background noise of the students when they file in and out of the lecture hall and towards the end of each lecture. You also hear bells in the hallway signaling the end of the class or possibly the lunch break. The students enthusiastically demonstrate their appreciation of Professor Feynman's efforts by applauding him at the end of each lecture. Of course Professor Feynman makes use of the chalkboard which you wont have the advantage of seeing but you could keep a copy of the printed lectures on hand to get whatever visuals you need from the transcribed illustrated diagrams which were published (I have done this and it's handy). Mostly I just listen to these tapes (I have a collection of over 60 taped lectures) on my one hour a day commute each day, over and over again. It's like I'm always in school with the great genius of Feynman every day!

Well anyhow, I thought that you'd like to see how these audio lectures correlate to the printed "Lectures on Physics" by audiocassette to volume and chapter in each book:

Cassette 1 = Volume I Chapter 2 Basic Physics - Sept. 29, 1963 (this lecture can be found in "Six Easy Pieces")

Section 2.1. Introduction

Section 2.2. Physics before 1920

Section 2.3. Quantum Physics (this is an interesting section - one of my favorites)

Section 2.4. Nuclei and particles

Cassette 2 = Volume III Chapter 1 Quantum Behavior - April 3, 1962 (this lecture can be found in "Six Easy Pieces" as well in Volume 10)

Section 1.1. Atomic mechanics

Section 1.2. An experiment with bullets

Section 1.3. An experiment with waves

Section 1.4. An experiment with electrons

Section 1.5. The interference of electrons waves

Section 1.6. Watching the electrons

Section 1.7. First principles in quantum mechanics

Section 1.8. The uncertainty principle

Cassette 3 = Volume III Chapter 2 The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints - April 6, 1962 (this lecture can be found in Volume 10 of this series)

Section 2.1. Probability and wave amplitudes

Section 2.2. Measurement of position and momentum

Section 2.3. Crystal diffraction

Section 2.4. The size of an atom

Section 2.5. Energy levels

Section 2.3. Philosophical implications

Cassette 4 = Volume III Chapter 3 Probability Amplitudes - April 11, 1963

Section 3.1. The laws for combining amplitudes

Section 3.2. The two slit interference pattern

Section 3.3. Scattering from a crystal

Section 3.4. Identical particlesCassette 5 = Volume III Chapter 5 Spin One - April 18, 1963

Section 5.1. Filtering atoms with a Stern-Gerlach apparatus

Section 5.2. Experiments with filtered atoms

Section 5.3. Stern-Gerlach filters in series

Section 5.4. Base states

Section 5.5. Interfering amplitudes

Section 5.6. The machinery of quantum mechanics

Section 5.7. Transforming to a different baseCassette 6 = Volume III Chapter 6 Spin One-Half - April 22, 1963

Section 6.1. Transforming amplitudes

Section 6.2. Transforming to a rotated coordinate system

Section 6.3. Rotations about the z-axis

Section 6.4. Rotations of 180 and 90 degrees about y

Section 6.5. Rotations about x

Section 6.6. Arbitrary rotations

Summary: Table of Contents

Rating: 4

Recorded April - Sept 1963, Cal Tech

Cassette 1 - V1 Ch2 Basic Physics

Cassette 2 - V3 Ch1 Quantum Behavior

Cassette 3 - V3 Ch2 The Relation of Wave and Particle Viewpoints

Cassette 4 - V3 Ch3 Probability Amplitudes

Cassette 5 - V5 Ch1 Spin One

Cassette 6 - V3 Ch6 Spin One-halfThere is something magical about listening to Richard Feynman deliver a lecture on physics.

Summary: Richard Feynman can really grow on you ...

Rating: 5

August 18, 1999 After spending a good part of the last month listening to Richard Feynman's Physics lectures 1,3 and 4 I would like to raise my rating for these tapes to 5 (the highest possible).Richard Feynman can really grow on you as you become part of his Physics class of 1961 - 1962. The audio level is well maintained throughout the series which was a problem in some of his earlier audio books.I look forward to the University of Berkley California extending this Physics series continuously into new exciting topics.For the Physics faculty who may be following these notes the tapes are used nightly for my 19 month old sons bedtime stories. Two hours a night, every night. If your going to listen to something you might as well learn something interesting.Thank you for creating this valuable series.Arnold D Veness

Summary: Physics edutainment at its best ...

Rating: 3

July 12, 1999 First and foremost thank you for producing this initial release of Richard Feynman's Physics lectures.I am a total fan of Richard Feynman's series of Physics lectures and enjoy them both for their knowledge and historic value but ...I would really like to see a transcript made of this audio lecture and have it reproduced by a professional narrator like Jeff Riggenbach who has done work for audio scholar. Jeff Riggenbach's work is excellant! Listen to T-Rex and The Crater of Doom as one example.I would repurchase all of the Richard Feynman Physics lectures done to date if this could please be done. The current tapes are OK but the sound quality and announciation could be so much better.Please work with Audio Scholar if necessary to realise this new release and please continue producing advanced audio physics lectures. I would like your company to continue where Richard Feynman left off.I use the tapes as audio edutainment on my way to work and as bedtime stories for my 18 month old son who has been listening to Richard since birth. I have allocated a budget of $1,000 a year for advanced audio edutainment like this. If you create it I will support it.Arnold Veness

Summary: Sends chills down my spine..

Rating: 5

It is March 1999 and I am listening to September 1963's Richard Feymann - him obviously being in a very good mood - giving a lecture on basic quantumn physics. Wow! I have read the books that are based on these lectures but hearing Feynman himself gives me the chills. This guy enjoys the stuff and is capable of transfering this joy to his audience. No surprise his lectures became legendary. (Wish my physics professors had been a little bit more like this guy and less like tibetan monks :) One question remains - why the heck have these tapes been published so late? Gimme more - please!

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